At Tuesday's meeting, Henning's bizarre proposal over money to fund county seawalls left commissioners beside themselves.

"We all know that's impossible," Commissioner Coyle said.

As outrageous as it seems for taxpayers to foot the bill for every seawall repair, Henning says the reason behind his proposal is to shed light on what's going on with La Peninsula.

"The issue is, if we're going to do it for one then we should do it for all," Henning said.

That issue stems from January, when La Peninsula, on Isles of Capri, created a Municipal Service Benefit Unit. It gives residents the ability to tax themselves and pay one set amount at the beginning of each year.

But the MSBU designated the county - not the homeowners - to fund seawall repairs.

"[The MBSU commits] us to move forward in partnership with county to repair seawall, that does have a primary public purpose," said Kathleen Bruns of La Peninsula.

Bruns acknowledged there's a lot of confusion about how the MSBU process works.

Henning argued in February that it was against Florida constitution for commissioners to approve the project, since it's aid for a private community.

Other commissioners don't agree.

"We're here to serve our community and help them accomplish things they want to do," Commissioner Donna Fiala said.

At the end of the day, Henning said he'll re-work his proposal and bring it back in the next month or two with clearer foundations for the funding sources for seawalls. Meaning for now, the $1.6 billion number is nothing.

The issue could be brought in front of a judge at a bond validation proceeding.